Star Aniseed Spelt Pancakes w Chunky Strawberry Mash

Aniseed Spelt Pancakes w Chunky Strawberry Mash
The star aniseed in these pancakes gives a lovely extra but subtle flavour, and of course the strawberries add a delicious freshness. Makes 5 medium pancakes.
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Cuisine: vegan
Recipe type: breakfast, light meal
Serves: 5
Prep time: 
Total time: 
You need
  • ½ cup wholemeal spelt flour
  • ½ cup white spelt flour
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp star aniseed powder
  • 1 tbsp coconut palm sugar
  • 2 tbsp rice bran oil
  • ¼ tsp Himalayan rock salt
  • 1 cup of oat milk (or another non dairy milk that
  • 1 tbsp of hemp or chia seeds per pancake
  • 2.5 cups of strawberries
  • 2.5 tsp vanilla paste (or essence, vanilla bean based)
  • oil to cook with (coconut oil is nice here)
To do
  1. with a stick blender (or in the small bowl of your food processor), super quickly blend the strawberries with the vanilla paste, so you keep some lumps and don't end up with a strawberry soup
  2. mix the flours, baking powder, star aniseed powder, sugar and salt, whisk through well so there are no lumps
  3. add the non dairy milk and the oil, whisk till nice and smooth
  4. heat ½ tbsp of oil in a medium skillet to medium/high (not super hot), and add a ladle of batter and swirl the pan to evenly distribute the batter
  5. bubbles will appear, and when the sides let loose (with a bit of help of your spatula), flip them over (help by holding the edge of the pancake) and give it just a few more minutes to brown
  6. when nice and brown, serve pancake with strawberry mash and a table spoon of hemp seeds
Notes
Apart for the pancakes themselves, I haven't added any sugar or otherwise sweet things to this recipe, but if you're in a sweet mood, of course you can add any preferred sweetener, or chopped dates 🙂
Nutritional Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 173 Fat: 8.5gr Carbohydrates: 31gr Sugar: 4gr Sodium: 386mcg Protein: 5gr

 

Roasted Parsnip Soup w Star Aniseed & Kaffir Lime Leaf

Roasted Parsnip Soup w Star Aniseed & Kaffir Lime Leaf

Roasted Parsnip Soup w Star Aniseed & Kaffir Lime Leaf

 

You need:
♥    6 parsnips, sliced or chopped
♥    oil
♥    smoked paprika powder
♥    1 tbsp vegetable stock powder
♥    1 liter water
♥    a good grind of pepper
♥    2 cloves of garlic
♥    salt to taste
♥    2 star aniseeds
♥    1 kaffir lime leaf – torn or crushed
♥    non dairy milk – optional

You do:
– preheat oven to 200C
– toss the cut parsnip in an oven dish with some oil, sprinkle with salt, and smoked paprika powder
– place in oven and let roast till they are done (mine had a few black spots)
– transfer parsnip to blender, add garlic and 800ml of water. You can add it all in one go, but putting less in will help you make it as thick or thin as you want. Blend till completely smooth, and add more water if you want too
– put the soup in a pan, and heat, together with the star aniseed, pepper, kaffir lime leaf and stock powder
– let simmer for 15 minutes, and add salt and more pepper to taste
You can replace a art of the water with non dairy milk or just add it, if you want to.

Take star aniseed and kaffir lime leaf out (or use as decoration) and serve.
Enjoy!